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The Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2024: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 6, 2024Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 March 2024369,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
369,421 km229,548 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 2024 is on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 12:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 3, 202415:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 10, 202409:00

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 2024 to the new moon of March 10, 2024, a cycle of 29.42 days.